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#837C7E

#837c7e ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#837c7e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 48.63% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.34% magenta, 3.82% yellow and 48.63% black. Its hue angle is 342.86°, with 2.75% saturation and 50% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2075

Complementary

  1. #837c7e
  2. #7c8381

Split complementary

  1. #837c7e
  2. #7c837d
  3. #7c8283

Analogous

  1. #837c82
  2. #837c7e
  3. #837d7c

Triadic

  1. #837c7e
  2. #7e837c
  3. #7c7e83

Tetradic

  1. #837c7e
  2. #83817c
  3. #7c8381
  4. #7c7e83

Square

  1. #837c7e
  2. #82837c
  3. #7c8381
  4. #7d7c83

Monochromatic

  1. #343232
  2. #5c5758
  3. #837c7e
  4. #a8a3a5
  5. #cdcbcb

Shades

#837c7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #837c7e
  2. #767071
  3. #696365
  4. #5c5758
  5. #4f4a4c
  6. #423e3f
  7. #343232
  8. #272526
  9. #1a1919
  10. #0d0c0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#837c7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #837c7e
  2. #8f898b
  3. #9c9698
  4. #a8a3a5
  5. #b5b0b2
  6. #c1bebf
  7. #cdcbcb
  8. #dad8d8
  9. #e6e5e5
  10. #f3f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#837c7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #837c7e
  2. #837c7e
  3. #827d7e
  4. #827d7f
  5. #827e7f
  6. #827e7f
  7. #817e7f
  8. #817f7f
  9. #817f80
  10. #808080
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #807d7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d7d7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e7e7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #847c7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f7d7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #807d7e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #847c7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-837c7e {
  color: #837c7e;
}
Background
.bg-837c7e {
  background-color: #837c7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-837c7e {
  border: 2px solid #837c7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #837c7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 124 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 343 3% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-837c7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #837c7e, #837d7c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-837c7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 124 126 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 3.51 #808080 Gray ΔE 4.23 #808080 Grey ΔE 4.23 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 5.49 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 9.19 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 9.19 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 10.58 #7c8381 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#837c7e  rgb(131, 124, 126)  hsl(343, 3%, 50%)  Taupe Gray
#7c8381  rgb(124, 131, 129)  hsl(163, 3%, 50%)  Battleship Gray
#7e837c  rgb(126, 131, 124)  hsl(103, 3%, 50%)  Battleship Gray
#7c7e83  rgb(124, 126, 131)  hsl(223, 3%, 50%)  Gray